Recent externally funded awards
September – October 2021
Includes grants, contracts and subcontracts awarded to KU-Lawrence investigators from external sponsors.
| Primary Investigator | Home / Admin Unit | Sponsor | Award Title | Total Anticipated Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Neal | Educational Psychology / Achievement & Assessment Institute | Project Lead the Way Inc. | PLTW End-of-course Assessment System | $5,531,762 |
| Subramaniam, Bala | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | National Science Foundation | RII Track-2 FEC: Advanced Manufacturing of Renewable and Recyclable Polymers | $4,000,000 |
| Byers, Kaela | Social Welfare | Administration For Children & Families | Universal Prevention for Strong and Thriving Families (Family Strong) | $3,747,804 |
| Bever, James | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | BII: New Roots for Restoration: Integrating Plant Traits, Communities, and the Soil Ecosphere to Advance Restoration of Natural and Agricultural Systems | $3,019,557 |
| Kamatuka, Ngondi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | Project SEMILLA (Supporting Educators, Math Instructors, and Language Learners for Advancement) | $2,440,034 |
| Sathyamoorthi, Shyam | Medicinal Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Tethered aza-Wacker Technology for Complex Antibiotic Assembly | $1,864,708 |
| Paden, John | Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | Oregon State University | Center for OLDest Ice EXploration (COLDEX) | $1,695,634 |
| Hasiuk, Franciszek | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Department of Energy | Critical Minerals in Coaly Strata of the Cherokee-Forest City Basin | $1,585,000 |
| Straughn, MaryCelka | Spencer Museum of Art | U.S. Department of Education | PEAK: Partners in Education Across Kansas | $1,450,585 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | New Hampshire Department of Education | NH DLM: 21-24 Operational/Testing (ELA, Math, Science) + Science Development + Additional Services | $1,350,900 |
| Vakser, Ilya | Computational Biology | National Institutes of Health | Integrated Resource for Protein Recognition Studies | $1,307,243 |
| Dean, Evan | Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Kansas Self-determined Transition Employment Partnership (K-STEP): Youth-led Systems Change for Enhanced Transition and Employment Outcomes | $1,125,000 |
| Counts, Jacqueline | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Kansas Department for Children & Families | DCF ARPA Planning and Support | $1,092,329 |
| Kondyli, Alexandra | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | National Science Foundation | SCC-CIVIC-FA Track A: Connecting Underrepresented Youths with Employment Opportunities | $1,000,000 |
| Hefty, Phillip | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Kansas Board of Regents | Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease – Phase II (KBOR FY 2022) | $625,000 |
| Hall, Jean | Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Using the National Survey on Health and Disability Panel to Document the COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences of Working-age Americans with Disabilities | $600,000 |
| Dean, Evan | Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Kansas Self-determined Transition Taskforce: Moving Forward to Enhance Transition Outcomes | $562,500 |
| Smith, Jon | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey | Geologic Mapping in Kansas for FY21 | $517,950 |
| Akin, Rebecca | Social Welfare | Administration For Children & Families | Kansas Invests in Families (KInvest) | $500,000 |
| Crossfield, Ian | Physics & Astronomy | University of California Santa Cruz | Follow the Volatiles: Tracing Chemical Species Relevant to Habitability from Proto-planetary Disks to Exoplanet Atmospheres | $456,413 |
| Sack, Sara | Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Kansas State Plan for Assistive Technology | $449,207 |
| Shiflett, Mark | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | U.S. Army Corp of Engineers | Novel 3D-printed Zeolite Passive Samplers Enabling Fast and Reliable Measurements of PFAS in Complex Environmental Matrices (EL-32) | $381,709 |
| Robinson, Jennifer | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Biomaterial Technologies for Interrogating Sex Differences in Tissue Repair and Homeostasis | $370,780 |
| Lovell, Scott | Higuchi Biosciences Center | Seattle Children's Hospital | Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease | $366,427 |
| Crossfield, Ian | Physics & Astronomy | National Science Foundation | Isotopic and Elemental Abundances in Stars and Planets | $334,252 |
| Harms, Randi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Kansas Maternal and Child Health Services integration: DAISEY Design & Implementation | $289,993 |
| Counts, Jacqueline | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Iowa Department of Public Health | Iowa MIECHV Quality Improvement 2022 | $254,118 |
| Seo, Hyunjin | Journalism / Institute for Policy & Social Research | Kansas Health Foundation | Kansas Digital Equity and Inclusion Collaborative | $249,857 |
| Tapia Takaki, Jesus Daniel | Physics & Astronomy | National Science Foundation | NSF Accelnet: Inter-American Network of Networks of Quantum Chromo-dynamics Challenges | $249,222 |
| Huang, Cheng | Aerospace Engineering | Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. | Multiphysics Modeling of Dynamic Combustion Processes | $208,500 |
| Schoeneich, Christian | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Eli Lilly & Company | Mechanistic Understanding of Polysorbate 20/80 Oxidation Due to Potential Process-related Impurities in Biologic Drug Product | $200,000 |
| Smith, Adam | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Kinoxis Therapeutics | A Novel Pharmacological Approach to Treat Social Anxiety | $188,969 |
| Rosenblum, Brian | Libraries / Hall Center for the Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities | The Public Digital Humanities: An Institute for Academic/Community Collaborations | $185,005 |
| Leuschen, Carlton | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | NASA | Supplemental Funding for Integration of the Snow Radar onto a Long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Thickness Measurements of Snow over Sea Ice and Land Ice | $153,563 |
| Mitchiner, Melinda | Life Span Institute | Oregon Department of Education | Oregon Aspiring Leaders Summer Institute | $142,500 |
| Sturm, Belinda | Office of Research / Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Monitoring (Patterson Foundation Funds) | $125,000 |
| Look, Kurt | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Department of Revenue | 2021-2023 Kansas OnLine Automated Reporting (KOLAR) Project | $122,000 |
| Darwin, David | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Oklahoma Department of Transportation | Bond Behavior of Epoxy-coated Reinforcing Bars in Non-proprietary UHPC | $116,834 |
| Wilson, Blake | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey | Maintain and Expand Existing Kansas-based Data Services to the NGWMN, 2021-2022 | $116,261.70 |
| McCormick, Patrick | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | Wright Brothers Institute | Frequency Diverse Array Receive Algorithm Development | $110,000 |
| Layzell, Anthony | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey | Pennsylvanian Stratigraphic Nomenclature Reconciliation in the Midcontinent | $101,781 |
| Cizek, Meghan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Casey Family Programs | Kansas Thriving Families, Safer Children | $100,009 |
| Harris, Theodore | Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | Kansas Water Office | Sediment Coring for HAB Trends at Tuttle and Waconda Reservoirs | $100,000 |
| Mosconi, Matthew | Applied Behavioral Science / Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Lateralization of Sensorimotor Behavior and Cortical-cerebellar Networks in Autism | $88,278 |
| Rice, Mabel | Speech-Language-Hearing / Life Span Institute | Amira Learning Inc. | An Innovative Screener for Reading and SLI Targeting Kindergarten through 3rd-grade Students | $84,671 |
| Wilson, Blake | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Water Office | Update of the GMD #3 Groundwater Flow Model | $80,000 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | Oklahoma State Department of Education | AWARE-SEA (2021-2022) | $79,522 |
| Lovell, Scott | Higuchi Biosciences Center | Kansas State University | Small-molecule Inhibitors Against 3C-like Protease of SARS-CoV-2 | $75,750 |
| Hale, Richard | Aerospace Engineering | Wichita State University | Kansas National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: Opportunities in NASA STEM FY 2020-2024 | $75,729 |
| Ginther, Donna | Economics / Institute for Policy & Social Research | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Community Health Access Section Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program Evaluation | $71,956 |
| Cizek, Meghan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Douglas County, Kansas | Douglas County, Kansas and City of Lawrence, Kansas Homelessness Needs Assessment | $71,525 |
| Blakemore, James | Chemistry / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | Chevron Phillips Chemical Company | Redox Behavior of Catalysts for Olefin Oligomerization 3: Joint Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies | $69,000 |
| Yi, Richard | Psychology / Life Span Institute | Henry Ford Health System | Reducing Maternal Delay Discounting as a Target Mechanism to Decrease Harsh Parenting and Improve Child Mental Health Outcomes in a Traditionally Underserved Community | $66,531 |
| Cheong, So-Min | Geography & Atmospheric Science | National Science Foundation | RAPID | Infrastructural Failures and the Role of the Built Environment: The Case of the Winter Storm in Houston, Texas | $65,000 |
| Bailey, Beth | History / Hall Center for the Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities | The U.S. Army and "The Problem of Race" during the Vietnam Era | $60,000 |
| Schieberle, Misty | English / Hall Center for the Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities | Patriarchy, Politics, and Christine de Pizan's Influence on English Literature, 1400-1478 | $60,000 |
| Guo, Lan | Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Mitochondrial DNA Stress and STING-dependent Microglial Activation in Alzheimer's Disease | $60,000 |
| Johnson, Rachel | International Affairs | U.S. Department of Education | Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award | $55,214 |
| Alian, Mohammad | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Development of PIM and AXDIMM Ecosystem | $54,743 |
| Sturm, Belinda | Office of Research / Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Monitoring (CARES Funds) | $52,000 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences | KU Medical Center Research Institute | ADC Development Awards: Aging in a C. elegans Model of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | $47,900 |
| Wilson, Blake | Kansas Geological Survey | Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management, District #3 | Water Use and Climate Evaluation Service to Irrigators for Drought Resiliency in Southwest Kansas | $45,450 |
| Murray, Angela | Achievement & Assessment Institute | JRP Consulting Research Inc. | Montessori Library Project | $43,961 |
| Yi, Richard | Psychology / Life Span Institute | Henry Ford Health System | Improving Delay Discounting to Decrease Harsh Parenting among Parents Receiving Substance Use Treatment in a Low-resource Community | $42,472 |
| Ecker-Lyster, Meghan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Wichita State University | WSU Southeast Wichita GEAR UP Project Evaluation | $40,000 |
| Raley, Sheida | Special Education / Life Span Institute | University of California, Los Angeles | Community-based Self-determination Intervention to Enhance Goal Setting and Attainment Targeting Employment, Postsecondary Education, Community Participation, and Physical Health Outcomes | $39,905.77 |
| Burkhardt, Crystal | Pharmacy Practice | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Remote Monitoring and Virtual Collaborative Care for Hypertension Control to Prevent Cognitive Decline | $39,826 |
| Dixon, Dan | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Colon Cancer Chemoprevention through Inhibition of Exportin 1 (XPO1) | $35,000 |
| Scouffas, Anthea | Lied Center | National Endowment for the Arts | KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival | $35,000 |
| Ginther, Donna | Economics / Institute for Policy & Social Research | Kansas Department of Revenue | Research Services to the Governor's Council on Tax Reform | $34,141 |
| Rankey, Eugene | Geology | Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium | Geophysical Characterization of Impacts of Pore-network Geometry from Dissolution and Precipitation in Carbonate Rocks | $31,024 |
| Johnson, Jay | Geography & Atmospheric Science / Institute for Policy & Social Research | Institutional: Major Project Planning Grant | Pathways to Native Environmental STEM Education | $30,178 |
| Blunt, Shannon | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | Multistatic Radar Waveforms | $30,000 |
| Murray, Angela | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Wend II Inc. | Montessori Research Retreat | $29,958 |
| LaPierre, Tracey | Sociology | University of Missouri, Kansas City | Kansas City Quality & Value Innovation Consortium: Opioid Project | $29,143 |
| Harris, Theodore | Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | City of Paola, Kansas | Monitoring Water Quality in Lake Miola, Kansas | $25,991 |
| Patterson, Meagan | Educational Psychology / Achievement & Assessment Institute | Texas Woman's University | Negotiation in Children: Identifying Gender Differences in a Key Leadership Skill | $25,900 |
| Rice, Mabel | Speech-Language-Hearing / Life Span Institute | Amira Learning Inc. | An Innovative Screener for Reading and SLI Targeting Kindergarten through 3rd-grade Students | $25,378 |
| Gardner, Sara | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Backbone Support Child Care Startup Grants | $25,272 |
| Lieberman, Bruce | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | Digitization PEN | Collaborative Research: The Cretaceous World Connecting the Cretaceous Seas of North America | $24,850 |
| Cushing, Christopher | Applied Behavioral Science / Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Development and Pilot Testing of My Plan, a Personalized Health Intervention for Adolescent Obesity | $24,600 |
| Fleming, Kandace | Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Rural Disparities in Pediatric Obesity: The iAmHealthy Intervention | $23,035.45 |
| Macdonald, Stuart | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | K-INBRE Institutional Funds | Linking Genomic Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Copper Stress | $22,800 |
| Chao, Haiyang | Aerospace Engineering / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | Georgia State University | Smart and Safe Prescribed Burning for Rangeland and Farmland Communities | $22,630 |
| Jen, Sarah | Social Welfare | KU Medical Center Research Institute | ADC Developmental Awards | Psychosocial Adjustment and Coping: A Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Non-Hispanic White Individuals Living with Dementia | $21,639 |
| McCoy, Kelly | Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | State Fire Training Systems Grant FY22 | $20,000 |
Previous awards
Includes grants, contracts and subcontracts awarded to KU-Lawrence investigators from external sponsors.
| Primary Investigator | Home / Admin Unit | Sponsor | Award Title | Total Anticipated Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hefty, Phillip | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease | $11,348,826 |
| Kamatuka, Ngondi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | University of Kansas Talent Search | $2,585,135 |
| Levy, Michelle | Social Welfare | Health Resources & Service Administration | Integrated Health Scholars: Partnerships to Advance Practice | $1,865,242 |
| Kamatuka, Ngondi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | University of Kansas Student Support Services | $1,834,160 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Oklahoma State Department of Education | Oklahoma State Department of Education | $1,649,729 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | Missouri DLM: 21-22 Operational/Testing (ELA, Math, Science) + Additional Services | $1,622,933 |
| Kamatuka, Ngondi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | University of Kansas Educational Opportunity Center | $1,565,655 |
| Kamatuka, Ngondi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | University of Kansas EOC Leavenworth-Franklin County | $1,363,765 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | New Mexico Public Education Department | New Mexico DLM: 21-22 Operational/Testing (ELA, Math, Science) + Science Development + Additional Services | $957,107 |
| Wu, Xiaoqing | Higuchi Biosciences Center | U.S. Department of Defense | Targeting RNA-binding Protein HuR as a Novel Therapy for Lethal Prostate Cancer | $892,342 |
| Forbush, Kelsie | Psychology/Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Smart Technology for Anorexia Nervosa Recovery: A Pilot Intervention for the Post-acute Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa | $709,694 |
| Pleskac, Timothy | Psychology / Institute for Policy & Social Research | National Science Foundation | Modeling the Dynamics of Belief Formation: Towards a Computational Understanding of the Timing and Accuracy of Probability Judgments | $692,123 |
| Paden, John | Center Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: EarthCube Capabilities: Open Polar Radar (OPoRa) Software and Service | $671,051 |
| Colella, Jocelyn | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | National Science Foundation | CSBR: Rehousing of the Mammal Collection at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute | $645,647 |
| Shogren, Karrie | Life Span Institute | University of Texas-Austin | The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction for Reading (SDLMI-R): Improving Outcomes of Upper Elementary Students with or At-Risk for Reading Disability | $624,589 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | West Virginia Department of Education | West Virginia DLM: 2021-2022 Operational/Testing (ELA, Math, Science) | $618,000 |
| Kim, Taejoon | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Purdue University | Distributed Spectrum Scenario Fusion and Compression | $597,776 |
| Dhar, Prajnaparamita | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | National Science Foundation | RET Site: Inquiry-driven Engineering Activities using Bioengineering Examples (IDEA-BioE) | $586,645 |
| Raff, Jennifer | Anthropology / Institute for Policy & Social Research | National Science Foundation | Investigating the Genetic History of the Central and Southern Plains | $460,000 |
| Billings, Sharon | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: How Roots, Regolith, Rock and Climate Interact over Decades to Centuries – The R3-C Frontier | $432,634 |
| Picking, Wendy | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | A Vaccine Specifically Targeting T3SS-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa | $416,625 |
| Hardy, Saralyn | Spencer Museum of Art | National Endowment for the Humanities | Revisioning the Spencer Museum of Art's Collection Galleries | $400,000 |
| Miao, Yinglong | Molecular Biosciences | National Science Foundation | A Public Workflow for Predicting Peptide-binding Structures | $364,812 |
| Bourque, Katherine | Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Exploring Predictors of Response to a Peer-mediated Communication Intervention for Minimally Verbal Preschoolers with ASD | $343,109 |
| Yun, Heechul | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Real-time Criticality-Aware Neural Networks for Mission-critical Cyber-Physical Systems | $321,379 |
| Irvin, Dwight | Life Span Institute | Ohio State University | Leveraging Sensing Systems in Early Education: Transforming Understanding of Critical Features of Young Children's Classroom Experiences | $318,010 |
| Chan, Wai-Lun | Physics & Astronomy | National Science Foundation | Controlling Exciton Dynamics at Interfaces Using Moire Potentials | $310,309 |
| Gonzalez, Victor | Undergraduate Biology Program / Biodiversity Institute | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Extending Anthophila Research through Image and Trait Digitization (Big-Bee) | $309,216 |
| Gaumer Erickson, Amy | Center for Research on Learning / Life Span Institute | Tennessee Department of Education | Tennessee Technical Assistance Network (TN-TAN) Evaluation | $302,000 |
| Carta, Judith | Life Span Institute | Health Resources & Service Administration | Bridging the Word Gap Research Network | $300,000 |
| Stearns, Leigh | Geology / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | National Science Foundation | EAGER: Extending Greenland Glacier Observations using Newly Discovered Aerial Photographs | $299,943 |
| Houts, Michael | Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | Information Network of Kansas | Developing the Nested Hexagon Framework as a Multiscale Annotate Geospatia Index for Kansas Datasets | $277,605 |
| Gleason, Jennifer | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | National Science Foundation | MCA: New Directions in Female Aggression Research | $269,468 |
| Unckless, Robert | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Science Foundation | EAGER: Toward a Tractable Genetic Model of DNA Virus – Drosophila Interaction | $253,573 |
| Hardy, Saralyn | Spencer Museum of Art | Institute of Museum & Library Services | Strengthening Digital Platforms for Teacher, Learning, and Exploration | $250,000 |
| Koch, Lisa | Transportation Research Center | Kansas Department of Transportation | Technical Services for the Kansas Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) | $204,998 |
| Barton, Jared | Social Welfare | Wyoming Department of Family Services | Wyoming ROM FY2022 & 2023 | $200,645 |
| Johnson, Mathew | Mathematics | National Science Foundation | Modulations of Periodic Waves in Applied Mathematics | $198,000 |
| Stanislavova, Milena | Mathematics / Economics | National Science Foundation | Infinite-dimensional Dynamical Systems: Stability and Long-time Behavior | $197,000 |
| Everman, Elizabeth | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Linking Genomic, Physiological and Behavioral Responses Using a Drosophila Model of Heavy Metal Stress | $180,000 |
| Husic, Admin | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Johnson County Public Works Stormwater Management | Identifying the Source of Sediment for Targeted Best Management Practices in Urban and Rural Areas of Johnson County | $159,250 |
| Neidert, Pamela | Applied Behavioral Science | Goodlife Innovations Inc. | KU/GoodLife Contract: Center for Applied Behavior Analysis (CABA) 2021-2022 | $149,903 |
| Brook, Joanna | Social Welfare | Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse | Oklahoma Partnership Initiative, Phase 3: Program Evaluation | $148,000 |
| Murray, Angela | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Shared Presence Foundation | Understanding Early Educational Experiences of Adults with Demonstrated Entrepreneurial Tendencies | $137,760 |
| Bardas, Alexandru | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | National Security Agency | 2021 GenCyber: University of Kansas | $136,244 |
| Unruh, Kathryn | Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE DRPP: Cortical-striatal Correlates of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder | $113,595 |
| Collado, Anahi | Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Working Memory Training as a Pretreatment Adjunct to Smoking Cessation | $113,041.95 |
| Brunsell, Nathaniel | Geography & Atmospheric Science | Perennial Agriculture Project LLC | Assessing Ecohydrological Implications in Multi-cropping Perennial Systems | $110,000 |
| Stewart, Debora | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey | Preserving Kansas Geologic Data, Documents, Samples and Aerial Photographs; and Surveying Drill Hole/Core Holdings Relating to Critical Mineral Resources, FY 2021 | $109,585 |
| Shiflett, Mark | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | National Science Foundation | Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) | $98,615 |
| Britt, Nicholas | Pharmacy Practice | Shionogi Inc. | Evaluation of Cefiderocol (CFDC) Activity Alone and in Combination with Tobramycin (TOB) or Amikacin (AMK) against Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeriginosa in a Novel Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Sputum pH | $89,419 |
| Barton, Jared | Social Welfare | Connecticut Department of Children & Families | Connecticut ROM FY 2022 | $85,000 |
| Bever, James | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | Perennial Agriculture Project LLC | Multi-trophic Interactions in Silphium Integrifolium: Candidate Perennial Oil Seed Crop | $75,418 |
| Forbush, Kelsie | Psychology / Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | FY 2022 Frontiers: University of Kansas Clinical & Translational Science Institute | $74,401 |
| Lindeman, David | Life Span Institute | Kansas Department For Aging & Disability Service | Southeast Kansas Respite Care Services (SEKRS) | $66,100 |
| Gillam, Rebecca | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation | SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Grant Implementation Support Contract: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Youth Wellness Services | $63,786 |
| Peltier, Edward | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | City of Lawrence | KU Sampling Project at the Coblenz Marsh in Lawrence, KS | $59,444 |
| Cushing, Christopher | Applied Behavioral Science / Life Span Institute | University of Wisconsin-Madison | RE-PACT: Respiratory Exacerbation Plans for Action and Care Transitions for Children with Severe CP | $57,488 |
| Hanson, Paul | Chemistry | Kathera Bioscience Inc. | Ess1: A Pathogenic Fungal Target for a Novel Class of Broad-spectrum Therapeutic Agents | $50,000 |
| Lemon, Michael | Achievement & Assessment Institute | United Way of Greater Kansas City | United Way Quality Matter Technical Assistance | $50,000 |
| Peterson, Andrew | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | U.S. Department of Agriculture | Modeling Projects to Support and Advance | $50,000 |
| Shiflett, Mark | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | National Science Foundation | Team Iconium: Environmentally Applied Research Towards Hydrofluorocarbons | $50,000 |
| Weis, David | Chemistry | MedImmune Inc. | Patient Centric Drug Product Development: Investigate and Aaddress Preservative-Protein Interactions to Support Multidose Formulation Development for Biologics | $50,000 |
| Williams, Susan | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Kansas Soybean Commission | Expanding Biodiesel Education and Utilization through the Kansas Biodiesel Consortium | $46,703 |
| Allgeier, Alan | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | Kansas Corn Commission | Unlocking the Potential of Chemical Derivatives in Ethanol Production | $42,971 |
| Bartlow, Noel | Geology | U.S. Geological Survey | Bridging the Gap between Locking and ETS in Cascadia using Geodetic Data and Viscoelastic Models: Collaborative Research with the University of Kansas and Indiana University | $41,201.65 |
| Macdonald, Stuart | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Bridging Grant: A Drosophila Resource for the Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits | $39,405 |
| Hale, Richard | Aerospace Engineering | Boeing World Headquarters | Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Composites for Low-cost Attritable Aircraft | $35,136 |
| Lindeman, David | Life Span Institute | Kansas Department For Aging & Disability Service | Active Treatment Training Program: Parsons State Hospital | $35,000 |
| Rosa-Molinar, Eduardo | Pharmacology & Toxicology / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | KUCC Spring 2021 Pilot Award: Elucidating and Disrupting De Novo GBM Tumor Cell-Neuron Synapses | $35,000 |
| Houts, Michael | Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research | Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council | Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park Pollinator Project | $34,811 |
| Herda, Trent | Health, Sport & Exercise Science | National Strength & Conditioning Association | The Effects of Resistance Training on Motor Unit Activity and Lipids of the Vastus Lateralis in Prepubescent Children | $34,680 |
| Schrock, Steven | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering / Transportation Research Center | Kansas State University Sponsored Programs | Traffic Assistance Services for Kansas (TASK) Program (FY 2021-2023) | $33,000 |
| Kwon, Gibum | Mechanical Engineering | Kansas Soybean Commission | Sustained Irrigation of Soybean-Farm Utilizing Soybean Nanoclays as Natural Soil Additives | $32,136 |
| Lines, Brian | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | International Facility Management Association Foundation | FM Technology Report | $30,000 |
| Kaplinger, Brian | Aerospace Engineering | Aldrin Family Foundation | Project Ianos: Past, Present, Future | $29,997 |
| Du, Heng | Pharmacology & Toxicology / Higuchi Biosciences Center | University of Kansas | Ghrelin Resistance in Alzheimer's Disease | $25,000 |
| Johnson, Michael | Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Inez Jay Fund | Light-initiated Zinc Signaling in Parkinson's Disease | $25,000 |
| Picking, William | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Inez Jay Fund | Applying Novel Approaches to Obtain the Molecular Structures of Difficult T3SS Proteins | $25,000 |
| Twombly, Susan | Educational Leadership & Policy Studies | American Educational Research Association | The Decline in Black Teachers: Causes and Effects in Postwar America | $25,000 |
| Harms, Randi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | University of Illinois | All Our Kids Network University of Illinois IRIS Proposal (Year 4) | $24,991 |
| O'Reilly, Matthew | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Education & Research Foundation | Corrosion Loss to Cause Cracking of Concrete for A1035 Steel | $21,876 |
| MacDonald, Teresa | Biodiversity Institute | Institute of Museum & Library Services | Natural History Mystery: Immersing Families in a Problem-solving Game Using Museum Collections | $21,677 |
| Harper, Dustin | Geology | Columbia University | Participation of Dustin T. Harper on IODP Expedition 396 | $20,834 |
| Akin, Rebecca | Social Welfare | KVC Kansas | KVC Kansas: Kansas PTMO Evaluation | $20,016 |
| Primary Investigator | Home / Admin Unit | Sponsor | Award Title | Total Anticipated Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Sean | Special Education / Center for Research on Learning | U.S. Department of Education | Project WRITE-APLM: Writing Strategies for Integrating Technology in Education with the Adaptive Professional Learning Model | $2,461,025 |
| Levy, Michelle | Social Welfare | Health Resources & Service Administration | Integrated Health Scholars: Partnerships to Advance Practice | $1,865,242 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | Office of the State Superintendent of Education | District of Columbia Statewide Inclusive Professional Learning Framework and Institute Proposal | $1,500,000 |
| Desaire, Heather | Chemistry | National Institutes of Health | A Study of Race Differences in Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers | $1,123,467 |
| Lindeman, David | Life Span Institute | Kansas Child Care Training Opportunity | Statewide Infant-Toddler Specialist Network: KCCTO-KITS Collaboration: 2021-2022 | $1,094,936 |
| Zimmerman, Kathleen | Special Education / Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Education | Enhancing Engagement: Investigating Adaptations to Commonly Used Interventions for Elementary Students with Challenging Behavior | $699,085 |
| Storkel, Holly | Speech-Language-Hearing / Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Developing a Caregiver-administered Word Learning Treatment for Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) | $524,288 |
| Berrie, Cindy | Chemistry | National Science Foundation | Elucidating Fundamental Factors Driving Self-assembly with Guided Interactions in Multicomponent Enzyme Systems using Model Nanostructured Platforms | $508,510 |
| Thompson, Ward | Chemistry | National Science Foundation | Direct Calculation of Activation Energies and Entropies for Chemical Dynamics | $464,950 |
| Huerter, Aaron | International Programs | Institute for International Education | 2021 Eight-Week Humbert H. Humphery Fellowship Pre-Academic Training Program | $425,537 |
| Graham, Maryemma | English | National Endowment for the Humanities | Black Book Interactive Project III | $316,177 |
| Swinburne Romine, Russell | Achievement & Assessment Institute / ATLAS | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Item Development for New Forms of Alternate ACCESS for ELLs (Alt ACCESS Advancing ALTELLA: Alternate Assessment Redesign | $309,213 |
| Harms, Randi | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Kansas Maternal and Child Health Services Integration: DAISEY Design & Implementation | $303,630 |
| Brunsell, Nathaniel | Geography & Atmospheric Sciences | University of Minnesota | Developing and Deploying a Perennial Grain Crop Enterprise to Improve Environmental Quality and Rural Prosperity | $301,640 |
| Zhang, Jiakun | Political Science / Institute for Policy & Social Research | University of California - San Diego | Complex Linkages, Ambivalent Ties: Global Security and Economic Interdependence in the 21st Century | $200,000 |
| Cizek, Meghan | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund | Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CBCAP) | $199,162 |
| Garstka, Teri | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund | DAISEY Training and Technical Assistance | $184,078 |
| Hoque, Tamzidul | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: SaTC: EDU: Hardware Security Education for All through Seamless Extension of Existing Curriculum | $163,000 |
| Peterson, Dana | Kansas Biological Survey | Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism | Geographic Information System (GIS) & Remote Sensing Support Services | $158,058 |
| Gardner, Sara | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Kansas Department of Education | Sunflower Summer Program | $119,583 |
| Shogren, Karrie | Life Span Institute / KU Center on Developmental Disabilities | University of Connecticut | Exploring Relationships between College and Career Readiness, Self-Determination, and Transition Planning among Adolescents with Disabilities | $100,000 |
| Kondyli, Alexandra | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | University of Florida | Operational Performance and Safety Effects of Arterial Weaving Sections | $100,000 |
| Roundy, Joshua | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Wichita State University | Appendix C: SMD Earth Sciences Division: Assimilation of Satellite Data for Predicting Cyanohabs in Kansas | $99,711 |
| Rowe, Neil | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | KDHE Universal Home Visiting Review | $88,487 |
| Paden, John | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | Amherst College | Multipass and Tomography Enabled Data Products for Subsurface Characterization and Ice Sheet Model Refinement | $67,954 |
| Rogan, Christopher | Physics & Astronomy | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | High Luminosity (HL) LHC CMS Detector Upgrade Projects MIP TIming Detector | $62,000 |
| Mendenhall, Amy | Social Welfare | Saint Francis Community Services | Saint Francis Ministries IMPACT Framework: Impact Measurement for Program, Agency, and Clint Transformation | $61,285 |
| Medina, Mario | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Sumner County Government | Field Testing & Validation: Thermal Energy Storage in Public and Commercial Buildings in Sumner County, Kansas for Energy Savings, Demand reduction and Flexibility | $60,287 |
| Shogren, Karrie | Special Education / Life Span Institute | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Supporting People with Disabilities with Vaccine Access during COVID-19 in Kansas | $59,701 |
| Dhar, Prajnaparamita | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Surfactant Performance in Protein Formulations under Interfacial Stress | $54,967 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute / ATLAS | Idaho State Department of Education | Instructional Supports Project | $52,840 |
| Blunt, Shannon | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information and Telecommunication Technology Center | Sandia National Laboratories | Waveform Diversity and Signal Processing Capabilities for Radar and Multi-function Operation in Spectrally Congested, Contested, and Constrained Environments | $50,000 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Model and Mode Agnostic AI Controller for VTOL Aircraft | $74,999 |
| Zimmerman, Kathleen | Special Education / Life Span Institute | Center for Applied Science Technology | Project COaching On Learning (COOL) for UDL Implementation | $72,373 |
| Blunt, Shannon | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | IERUS Technologies Inc. | Quasi-orthogonal Doppler Waveform Apps | $70,000 |
| Hansen, Amy | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | University of Minnesota | Robust Incentive Design for Sustainable Agricultural Systems | $63,681 |
| Rogers, David | Kansas Biological Survey | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Medical Entomology Subject Matter Expert | $57,455 |
| Schultz, Jerry | Life Span Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Community-based Evaluation | $55,000 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Summer Scholars 2021-2022 | $48,480 |
| Kurth, Noelle | Life Span Institute | University of Minnesota | Research Training Center on HCBS Outcome Measurement (RTC/OM) | $47,919 |
| Picking, Wendy | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Inventprise LLC | Shigella Conjugate Immunization Study | $46,807 |
| Barati Ghahfarokhi, Reza | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Infinity Energy Resources Inc. | Screening and Investigation of Different EOR Methods for Future Development of Mature Oil Fields: The O/A Case Study | $41,537 |
| Li, Xianglin | Mechanical Engineering | Wichita State University | Design and Development of Flexible Self-powered Energy Conversion and Storage Devices | $40,000 |
| Jackson, Yolanda | Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Assessment of Traumatic Experiences Among Young Children: Examining Measurement Factors that Influence Parent Report and Predictability | $38,726 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Genetic Examination of Variation in Microbial Pathogen Susceptibility in Caenorhabditis elegans | $37,875 |
| Azuma, Yoshiaki | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Role of Chromosomal Protein Remodeling Function of PICH in Chromosome Segregation | $37,875 |
| DeKosky, Brandon | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Bridging Award: Molecular Identification and Precise Therapeutic Targeting of Anti-insulin B Cells in Type I Diabetes | $37,875 |
| Macdonald, Stuart | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Postdoctoral Award: Linking Genomic, Physiological, and Behavioral Responses to Copper Stress | $37,875 |
| Bennett, Caroline | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Federal Highway Administration | Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Grants for Research Fellowship for Research Project Assignment on Steel Bridge Bearing Stiffener Detail to Avoid Constraint-Induced Fractures | $35,500 |
| Garstka, Teri | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Kansas Department for Children & Families | Kansas Early Head Start Data Reporting System (DAISEY) FY 2022 | $34,202 |
| Ginther, Donna | Economics / Institute for Policy & Social Research | Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Proposal: Team for Infants Exposed to Substance Abuse (TIES) Program | $33,000 |
| Bennett, Caroline | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | Kansas Department of Transportation | Fatigue Characterization of Galvanized Welded Connections | $32,042 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | KINBRE Star Trainees 2021-2022 | $31,815 |
| Rankey, Eugene | Geology | KICC-KS Interdisc Carbonates Consortium | Controls on Facies Bodies of Isolated Carbonate Platforms | $28,542 |
| Sathyamoorthi, Shyam | Medicinal Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Inez Jay Fund | Development of New Antibacterial Agents: A Synthesis of the Antibiotic Enacyloxin IIa for the Generation of Therapeutic Analogues | $25,000 |
| Seo, Hyunjin | Journalism | National Endowment for the Arts | Returning: Community-based Art Experience Involving Women in Reentry and the Public | $25,000 |
| Unckless, Robert | Molecular Biosciences | K-INBRE Institutional Funds | Evolving Mutualism: Rescue of a Host Embryonic Development Defect by a Parasite | $25,000 |
| Koch, Lisa | Transportation Center | Kansas Department of Transportation | Kansas Innovation Summit | $22,445 |
| Bergman, Patricia | Office of Research | KU Medical Center Research Institute | The Sustainable Heartland Accelerator Regional Partnership (SHARP) Hub - 2020-2021 | $20,654 |
| Shogren, Karrie | Special Education / Life Span Institute | Association of University Centers on Disabilities | UT2 Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) | $20,000 |
| Primary Investigator | Home / Admin Unit | Sponsor | Award Title | Total Anticipated Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fry, Andrew | Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences / Achievement & Assessment Institute | KU Endowment Association | Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Kansas | $5,000,000 |
| Counts, Jacqueline | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Kansas Children's Cabinet & Trust Fund | HHS/ACF Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five | $2,704,001 |
| Boyd, Brian | Applied Behavioral Science / Life Span Institute | National Institutes of Health | Parent-implemented Treatment for Repetitive Behaviors in Children with ASD: Using a Novel Telehealth Approach to Increase Service Access | $2,477,272 |
| Unckless, Robert | Molecular Biosciences | National Science Foundation | CAREER: The Genetic Mechanisms of Sex-ratio Meiotic Drive and Resistance | $1,050,000 |
| Besson, David | Physics & Astronomy | University of Chicago | The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO): A Long-duration Balloon-borne Instrument for Particle Astrophysics at the Highest Energies | $1,008,198 |
| Wagner, Margaret | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | National Science Foundation | RESEARCH-PGR: Genetics and Mechanisms of Microbe-dependent Heterosis | $899,970 |
| Bever, James | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research | CSBR: Ownership Transfer: Living Stocks: International Culture Collection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM) | $460,935 |
| Oakley, Berl | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Resistance-gene-guided Genome Mining for Novel Antifungal Compounds | $437,201 |
| Shontz, Suzanne | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | Triad National Security LLC | Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemical Processes in Aquatic Moist-soil Unit Habitats at the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | $400,000 |
| Timmons, Lisa | Molecular Biosciences | National Science Foundation | REU SITE: The Stressed Life of Cells | $384,630 |
| Gillam, Rebecca | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Horizons Mental Health Center | CCBHC Expansion Grants | $309,810 |
| Noonan, Patricia | Life Span Institute | Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | Missouri Post-secondary Success Project/ Social-emotional Learning for All | $298,422 |
| Bartlow, Noel | Geology | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research | Deployment of Seafloor Optical Fiber Strainmeters for the Detection of Slow Slip Events | $298,389 |
| Nualart, David | Mathematics | National Science Foundation | Stochastic Calculus of Variations and Limit Theorems | $272,401 |
| Volkin, David | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | In Vitro and in Vivo Assessments of Alum-CpG Formulations | $250,001 |
| Billings, Sharon | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | U.S. Department of Agriculture | SitS: Collaborative Research: Soils are Signaling Shifts in Aggregate Life-cycles: What Does this Mean for Water, Carbon and Climate Feedbacks in the Anthropocene? | $236,245 |
| Barton, Jared | Social Welfare | Missouri Children's Trust Fund | Missouri's Children's Trust Fund's Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation | $230,954 |
| Thompson, William | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | Improving Software and Methods for Estimating Diagnostic Classification Models and Evaluating Model Fit | $224,996 |
| Krause, Rachel | School of Public Affairs & Administration / Institute for Policy & Social Research | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research | Dealing with Disruption: Investigating the Micro-level Underpinnings of City Response to the Climate Crisis | $203,884 |
| Collins, William | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | American Institute of Steel Construction | Innovative Steel Deck System for Highway Bridge Applications | $200,000 |
| Hasiuk, Franciszek | Kansas Geological Survey | U.S. Department of Energy | H-2-SALT: Storing Fossil Energy as Hydrogen in Salt Caverns | $200,000 |
| Mendenhall, Amy | Social Welfare | Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services | Kansas SED Waiver Assessment & Evaluation Services | $193,972 |
| Barton, Jared | Social Welfare | Iowa Department of Human Services | Iowa ROM 2021 – 2026 | $178,374.50 |
| Macdonald, Stuart | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Facility 2021-2022 | $159,075 |
| Bigelow, Kathryn | Life Span Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Kansas MIECHV Program | $157,000 |
| Rudnick, Gregory | Physics & Astronomy | NASA | Probing Quenching in the Cosmic Web using Spatially-resolved Star Formation Maps from WISE and GALEX | $120,581 |
| Fleming, Kandace | Life Span Institute | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Translating Research into School-based Practice via Small-group, Language-focused Comprehension Intervention | $109,519.35 |
| Soper, Steven | Chemistry | KU Medical Center Research Institute | The Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine | $103,413.90 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | Oklahoma State Department of Education | Project AWARE-SEA | $99,760 |
| McKenna, Thomas | Kansas Biological Survey | Perennial Agriculture Project LLC | Interaction of the Perennial Grain Kernza and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Effects of Selection Pressure and Impacts on Soil Health | $95,050 |
| Nelson, Kenneth | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Department of Agriculture | Kansas Base Flood Elevation Portal | $88,000 |
| Soper, Steven | Chemistry | KU Medical Center Research Institute | The Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine | $78,083 |
| Keshmiri, Shawn | Aerospace Engineering / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | DARcorporation | Model and Mode Agnostic AI Controller for VTOL Aircraft | $74,999 |
| Zimmerman, Kathleen | Special Education / Life Span Institute | Center for Applied Science Technology | Project COaching On Learning (COOL) for UDL Implementation | $72,373 |
| Blunt, Shannon | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | IERUS Technologies Inc. | Quasi-orthogonal Doppler Waveform Apps | $70,000 |
| Hansen, Amy | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | University of Minnesota | Robust Incentive Design for Sustainable Agricultural Systems | $63,681 |
| Rogers, David | Kansas Biological Survey | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Medical Entomology Subject Matter Expert | $57,455 |
| Schultz, Jerry | Life Span Institute | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Community-based Evaluation | $55,000 |
| Ackley, Brian | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | K-INBRE Undergraduate Research Office | $53,025 |
| Fehr, Anthony | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Investigating Approved Therapeutics for their Ability to Inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 ADPribosylhydrolase | $50,000 |
| Shiflett, Mark | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Chromis Fiberoptics | Membrane Oxygen Permeance Experiments | $47,244 |
| Brockman, Jennifer | Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Evaluation of Programs at KU Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center | $42,163 |
| Murray, Michael | Physics & Astronomy | Brookhaven National Laboratory | High-resolution Zero Degree Calorimetry | $38,600 |
| Picking, Wendy | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Hafion LLC | Production of a Nanoparticle Vaccine to Aid in Smoking Cessation | $36,156 |
| Farrell, Mark | Medicinal Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Potentiating the Activity of Anti-CD20 Antibodies | $35,000 |
| Dixon, Dan | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Oregon Health & Science University | Targeting HuR to Improve a Synthetic Lethal Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer | $34,771 |
| Schulmeister, Marcia | Geology | Emporia State University | Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemical Processes in Aquatic Moist-soil Unit Habitats at the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | $29,716 |
| Siahaan, Teruna | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Synthesis and Analysis of CCN5 PEGylated Proteins | $26,750 |
| Boskovic, Zarko | Medicinal Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Benzoylation of Histones as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma | $25,000 |
| DeKosky, Brandon | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Improved T Cell Receptor Screening for Rapid Personalized Cancer Treatments | $25,000 |
| Wang, Zhi | Aerospace Engineering | GE Global Research | Enhancement of Large Eddy Simulation Tool | $25,000 |
| Baer, Sara | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | Kansas State University | LTER: Manipulating Drivers to Assess Grassland Resilience | $24,943 |
| Shogren, Karrie | Special Education / Life Span Institute | Association of University Centers on Disabilities | UT2 Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) | $20,000 |
| Hardy, Saralyn | Spencer Museum of Art | National Endowment for the Arts | To Support Research and Planning for the Exhibition Bold Women: Changing the World and Art | $20,000 |
| Primary Investigator | Home / Admin Unit | Sponsor | Award Title | Total Anticipated Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koebley, Sarah | Achievement & Assessment Institute | U.S. Department of Education | Special Educator Technology-based Training of Trainers (SETTT) for Success | $2,499,986 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | New Mexico Public Education Department | New Mexico DLM: 2020-2021 Operational/Testing (ELA,Math, Sci) + Science Development + Additional Services | $957,167 |
| Wendel-Hummell, Carrie | Social Welfare | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality | Care and Safety Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Home-Based Long term Services and Supports | $646,620 |
| Schrock, Steven | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering / Transportation Center | Kansas Department of Transportation | 2021 Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) | $600,000 |
| Washburn, Jocelyn | Life Span Institute | Las Cruces Public Schools | Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant – Las Cruces Public Schools | $579,310 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | State of Idaho | Idaho Safe Schools, Safe Students | $470,030 |
| Scott, Erik | History / Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies | U.S. Department of Education | Fostering Global Competency and Engagement in the Heartland: The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies | $426,484 |
| Karvonen, Meagan | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Maryland State Department of Education | Innovations in Science Map, Assessment, and Report Technologies (I-SMART) | $317,715 |
| Kondyli, Alexandra | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | U.S. Department of Transportation | Inclusive Autonomous Vehicle Design for People with Cognitive Disabilities | $300,000 |
| Yi, Richard | Psychology / Life Span Institute | Michigan State University | Minding a Mid-America Gap: NIDA/NIAAA Epidemiology Research Training for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians in Currently Under-Served Areas | $234,808 |
| Jimenez, Pegah Naemi | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Office of Research | Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting FY 19 Evaluation | $194,412 |
| Forrest, Marcus | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | National Institutes of Health | Mitochondria Targeting for Alzheimer's Disease | $189,375 |
| Mills, Elisabeth | Physics & Astronomy | National Science Foundation | Apples to Apples: Comparing the Cores of Nearby Galaxies | $175,654 |
| Braaten, David | Geography & Atmospheric Science / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa | Center for Remote Sensing of Snow and Soil Moisture Measurement | $174,995 |
| Iqbal, Asif | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Department of Agriculture | Kansas Online Water Use Report – FY2019-2022 | $164,217 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | Idaho State Department of Education | Idaho Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education (ID-AWARE) | $154,135 |
| Kokobobo, Ani | Slavic Languages & Literatures / Hall Center for the Humanities | The U.S. Russia Foundation | A Comprehensive Plan for Creating a Russian Studies Pipeline in Kansas High Schools | $120,008 |
| Ortiz, Kelsey | Life Span Institute | State of Washington Office of Superintendent | Identifying Evidence-Based Practices and Developing Technical Assistance and Professional Development Materials on Serving Students with Disabilities with Online Learning | $120,000 |
| Leonard, Kevin | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | Kansas Board of Regents | The Internet of Catalysis: Harnessing the Data Science for Catalyst Design | $115,286 |
| Layzell, Anthony | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Water Office | Streambank Evaluation of the Cottonwood and Neosho Rivers above John Redmond Reservoir | $100,000 |
| Allgeier, Alan | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Bond Biosciences Inc. | Development of Non-absorbable Therapeutic Agents | $100,000 |
| Berkland, Cory | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Fistula Fix: Fistula Closure Device | $100,000 |
| McCart, Amy | Life Span Institute | Oklahoma State Department Of Education | OK Aware East | $99,760 |
| Meng, Jingyao | Kansas Geological Survey | Carbon Capture America | Geologic Site Screening and Data Collection for a Potential CCUS Project in Russell County, KS for Carbon America | $86,354 |
| Barton, Jared | Achievement & Assessment Institute / Social Welfare | Connecticut Department of Children & Families | Connecticut ROM FY 2021 | $84,775 |
| Subramaniam, Bala | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | Origin Materials | Oxidation of Distributed Furanics from Renewable Resources – Phase 2 | $82,500 |
| Graham, Maryemma | English | Indiana University | Realizing Scholar-Curated Worksets for Analysis, Reuse & Discovery | $78,432 |
| Schrock, Steven | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering / Transportation Center | Kansas Department of Transportation | Providing Crash Data Analysis Services for the Kansas Department of Transportation 2021-2023 | $74,999 |
| Murray, Michael | Physics & Astronomy | Northern Illinois University | 5-D dual-readout calorimetry for the Next Generation of HEP Experiments | $73,661 |
| Hale, Richard | Aerospace Engineering | Wichita State University | National Space Grant Consortium College and Fellowship – Opportunities in NASA STEAM FY 2020 | $73,091 |
| Kirkpatrick, Allison | Physics & Astronomy | Space Telescope Science Institute | Obscured CANDELS: Disentangling Obscuration around Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe | $68,917 |
| Allgeier, Alan | Chemical & Petroleum Engineering / Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | Danisco USA Inc. | Development of Process for Derivatization of Engineered Polysaccharides through Enzymatic Polymerization with Fatty Acids to the Corresponding Engineered Polysaccharide Esters | $64,632 |
| Miller, Richard | Kansas Geological Survey | Kansas Water Office | Preproposal for Study of Regional Arbuckle Properties in South Central Kansas Now and Planning for the Future | $61,700 |
| Kastens, Jude | Kansas Biological Survey | Kansas Water Office | Kansas Real-Time Flood Mapping Tool Development | $61,000 |
| Fuller, Randall | English / Hall Center for the Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities | Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism | $60,000 |
| Hedeman, Anne | History of Art / Hall Center for the Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities | Gothic Manuscripts, 1320-1390 (FEL-273019) | $60,000 |
| Harms, Randi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Illinois State Board of Education | Integrated Referral and Intake System (IRIS) | $53,395 |
| Burkhardt, Crystal | Pharmacy Practice | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Remote Monitoring and Virtual Collaborative Care for Hypertension Control to Prevent Cognitive Decline | $53,101 |
| Keshmiri, Shawn | Aerospace Engineering / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | Kansas State University | GP-IN: SOARING: Sharing Opportunities, Approaches, and Resources in New Geo-teaching | $50,021 |
| Kondyli, Alexandra | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | National Science Foundation | SCC-CIVIC-PG Track A: Connecting Underrepresented Youths with Employment Opportunities | $50,000 |
| Girard, Jeffrey | Psychology / Life Span Institute | Carnegie Mellon University | Dyadic Behavior Informatics for Psychotherapy Process and Outcome | $47,075 |
| Kondyli, Alexandra | Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering | City of Topeka | Design and Evaluation of Temporary Signs at Uncontrolled Intersections | $41,997 |
| Azuma, Yoshiaki | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Targeting Mitotic Function of the PICH (Polo-like Kinase Interacting Checkpoint Helicase) for Novel Therapeutics of TNBC | $35,000 |
| Hanson, Paul | Chemistry | Aspira Chemical | Synthesis of Human Pin1 Inhibitors | $35,000 |
| Xu, Liang | Molecular Biosciences / Higuchi Biosciences Center | KU Medical Center Research Institute | Drug the Undruggable Musashi Oncoprotein by Fragment-based Drug Discovery | $35,000 |
| Kastens, Jude | Kansas Biological Survey | Terrametrics Agriculture Inc. | U.S. County Level Corn & Soybean Yield Modeling and Brazil & Argentina Soybean Yield Model Development & Implementation | $34,000 |
| Stiles, James | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science / Information & Telecommunication Technology Center | Georgia Institute of Technology | Software-Defined Rada Algorithm Development | $33,905 |
| Crossfield, Ian | Physics & Astronomy | Space Telescope Science Institute | Exploring the Demographics of Exo-Neptunes: Atmospheric Characterization of a Cool Sub-Neptune from TESS | $31,995 |
| Harms, Randi | Achievement & Assessment Institute | Early Impact Virginia | Digital Badging Enhancement | $26,606 |
| Ginther, Donna | Economics / Institute for Policy & Social Research | United-We | The Status of Women in Kansas, Missouri and the Kansas City Area | $25,000 |
| Siahaan, Teruna | Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Higuchi Biosciences Center | Phrma Foundation | Non-Invasive Brain Delivery, Clearance, and Efficacy of Therapeutic Antibodies in Mice | $25,000 |
| McCoy, Kelly | Kansas Fire & Rescue Training | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | State Fire Training Systems Grant - 2020 | $20,000 |
| Koch, Lisa | Transportation Center | Kansas Department of Transportation | Create Webinar Series Geared Toward Local Emerging Topics and Innovations | $19,698 |
| Miller, Richard | Kansas Geological Survey | Oregon State University | Sampling Rock and Water to Improve Correlations between Above Ground and Below Ground Processes in the Konza Prairie Near Manhattan, KS | $18,262 |
| Harris, Theodore | Kansas Biological Survey | City of Lawrence | High Frequency Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in Clinton Lake, Kansas | $17,194 |
| Chen, Yi Chun | Journalism | KU Medical Center Research Institute | RADx-UP: Improving the Response of Local Urban and Rural Communities to Disparities in COVID-19 Testing | $16,730 |